Stanford Entrepreneurship Videos
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The DFJ Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar (ETL) is a weekly seminar series on entrepreneurship, co-sponsored by BASES (a student entrepreneurship group), Stanford Technology Ventures Program, and the Department of Management Science and Engineering.
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| 1 | VideoSecrets at Apple's Core [Entire Talk] - Adam Lashinsky (Author) | Adam Lashinsky, Fortune senior editor-at-large, shares an insider look at Apple, one of the world's most iconic and secretive companies. Based on his research into the technology giant's internal processes and approaches to leadership and building products, Lashinsky offers insights and surprises from his book, Inside Apple: How America's Most Admired--and Secretive--Company Really Works. | 5/23/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 2 | VideoLeading Distributed Teams - Daniel Ek (Spotify) | Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek shares how he manages to lead a growing company with a workforce distributed on multiple continents. "I don't think the physical experience can be replaced yet," says Ek, who admits to traveling extensively and sitting out in the open to encourage conversations in his company's offices. In conversation with KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien, Ek also describes the virtual town hall meetings he conducts to maintain transparent communication. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 3 | VideoEntrepreneurship as Problem-Solving - Daniel Ek (Spotify) | Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek shares his very early experiences with entrepreneurship, which came about due to a need to solve problems. Ek also provides his definition of an entrepreneur, as "someone that has an itch for a problem, and is annoyed enough by that problem to seek a solution for it." | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 4 | VideoThe Big, Hairy, Audacious Goal of Spotify - Daniel Ek, Chi-Hua Chien (Spotify) | Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek explains the big goal behind Spotify, in response to a question from KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien. Ek articulates Spotify's goal to create a social music service that was more attractive than piracy for consumers that also allowed the music industry to grow. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 5 | VideoExecution is 95 Percent - Daniel Ek (Spotify) | Daniel Ek describes advantages and challenges in co-founding Spotify and in being a young entrepreneur. A focus on seeing the solution, mixed with a natural tenacity to execute on ideas, will see the right people through, says Ek, as "ideas are five percent, and execution is 95 percent." | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 6 | VideoOpportunities in Sensors and Smart Devices - Daniel Ek, Chi-Hua Chien (Spotify) | In conversation with KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien, Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek offers his vision of the future, and shares some of technologies he sees as ripe for entrepreneurial opportunities in the coming years. Ek is particularly interested in the growing data that will be available as sensors become more common in smart products and devices. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 7 | VideoSolving a World of Product Problems - Daniel Ek, Chi-Hua Chien (Spotify) | Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek explains his approach to building products to solve problems, with KPCB venture capitalist Chi-Hua Chien. Ek credits his engineering background and the ability to test product iterations as key components in his approach. He also discusses the importance of streamlined user interfaces, the opportunity to leverage global platforms to reach audiences at scale, and being selective in addressing the right customer use cases. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 8 | VideoProduct Innovations Can Reduce Piracy - Daniel Ek (Spotify) | A few people will always pirate content, says Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek, but the vast majority just want convenient access to digital content. Ek credits Spotify as bringing to market a legal and enjoyable alternative to pirating content, and he identifies other media industries that need to address this challenge. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 9 | VideoDon't Say Yes to Everything - Daniel Ek (Spotify) | Spotify Co-Founder Daniel Ek examines some of the mistakes he has made as a serial entrepreneur. Chief among them, says Ek, is saying 'yes' to everything and trying to do too much at once, which never works out. Ek also articulates the dangers of waiting too long in hiring and firing team members within a quickly growing organization. Especially in a small company, "everyone needs to carry their weight, and more," says Ek. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 10 | VideoA Playlist for Entrepreneurs [Entire Talk] - Daniel Ek, Chi-Hua Chien (Spotify) | Daniel Ek, founder of digital music service, Spotify, is driven by a desire to solve interesting problems. In this fascinating lecture, moderated by KPCB's Chi-Hua Chien, Ek shares his thoughts on leadership, collaboration, and a laser-focus on building truly great products. | 5/16/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 11 | VideoOn Digital Rights Management - Brian Murray (HarperCollins) | The issue of using digital rights management (DRM) technologies on content is a complicated one, says HarperCollins CEO and President Brian Murray. Here he shares both the benefits and disadvantages of DRM, and describes tests being conducted to find a solution balancing a company's intellectual property rights with consumer desire to transfer files. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 12 | VideoWhat Engineers Bring to the CEO Role - Brian Murray, Tina Seelig (HarperCollins) | In response to a question from STVP Executive Director Tina Seelig, HarperCollins CEO Brian Murray explains how his early engineering background continues to serve him as leader of a major publishing company. Murray believes engineers are solvers of complicated problems by training, and that, "a publishing company, any company, is one big, complex problem" needing to be solved. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 13 | VideoContent Creators as the Brand - Brian Murray, Tina Seelig (HarperCollins) | According to Brian Murray, CEO and president of HarperCollins, the publishing industry has traditionally functioned using a business-to-business model, eschewing direct relationships with consumers. In conversation with STVP Executive Director Tina Seelig, Murray explains why his company puts its authors forward as the brand. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 14 | VideoPublishers Act as Venture Capitalists - Brian Murray, Tina Seelig (HarperCollins) | Brian Murray explains why publishing companies function much like venture capitalists, investing millions of dollars a year into developing new products in a culture business. Here the CEO and president of HarperCollins also articulates how the company leverages their understanding of the marketplace when placing bets on authors and projects. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 15 | VideoPartners as "Frenemies" - Brian Murray, Tina Seelig (HarperCollins) | As a powerful distribution channel and a growing competitor in publishing, Amazon plays a disruptive role in the publishing industry. HarperCollins CEO and President Brian Murray describes the "complicated relationship" publishers have with Amazon, who is a partner they work with and compete against. "The term 'frenemy' is a great term to capture what business is like today," says Murray, here in conversation with STVP Executive Director Tina Seelig. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 16 | VideoWhen You Launch 12 Products a Day - Brian Murray (HarperCollins) | HarperColliins CEO and President Brian Murray shares some interesting statistics from his company's operations. As the world's third-largest English language publisher, the company must re-invent its revenue streams each year, says Murray, and contend with supplying content to new platforms while launching, on average, 12 new products per day. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 17 | VideoChanges in the Publishing Industry - Brian Murray (HarperCollins) | HarperCollins CEO and President Brian Murray describes how the publishing industry landscape has fundamentally changed since he arrived at the company in the late 1990s. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 18 | VideoFinding the Right Digital Ecosystem - Brian Murray (HarperCollins) | HarperCollins CEO and President Brian Murray talks about challenges and opportunities he sees on the horizon in the publishing industry. One of the primary issues, says Murray, is ensuring that the right digital ecosystem exists to continue to produce, market and sell books. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 19 | VideoA Story of Change and Opportunity [Entire Talk] - Brian Murray, Tina Seelig (HarperCollins) | HarperCollins President and CEO Brian Murray discusses the shifting economics of publishing and how his company, which launches 12 new products per day, is working to succeed in this disruptive period. In conversation with STVP Executive Director Dr. Tina Seelig, Murray also talks about issues of digital rights management, his company's willingness to explore new business models, and how HarperCollins manages relationships with other major players in the space. | 5/9/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 20 | VideoSocial Entrepreneurs and Self-Actualization - Rebeca Hwang, Elizabeth Samara-Rubio (YouNoodle, StorWatts) | Based on Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs, entrepreneur Rebeca Hwang shares why she believes social entrepreneurs are aiming to achieve self-actualization by helping others gain basic happiness through meeting their basic survival needs. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 21 | VideoYou Don't Know Everything - Rebeca Hwang, Elizabeth Samara-Rubio (YouNoodle, StorWatts) | Entrepreneur Rebeca Hwang talks about her experiences at MIT, where she built products in the lab and then deployed them in the field to solve real world problems. Hwang also discusses why technologists don't know everything, and why spending time in the field is necessary to appreciate all the institutional factors in play. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 22 | VideoMaking Good Decisions - Rebeca Hwang, Elizabeth Samara-Rubio (YouNoodle, StorWatts) | Entrepreneurs Elizabeth Samara-Rubio and Rebeca Hwang each describe their considerations when making decisions. For Samara-Rubio this means knowing what you want and acting with purpose; for Hwang, it's about either narrowing or enlarging your number of possible opportunities. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 23 | VideoHow Do You Assess Talent? - Rebeca Hwang, Elizabeth Samara-Rubio (YouNoodle, StorWatts) | Elizabeth Samara-Rubio and Rebeca Hwang, the founders of StorWatts and YouNoodle, respectively, share what they look for when assessing talent or prospective business partners. Having the ability to recover from adversity and possessing actual operating experience are particularly appealing characteristics to Samara-Rubio, while Hwang seeks partners with a value system that aligns with her own, and who possess complementary skill sets and a healthy obsession. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 24 | VideoA Perspective for Life - Rebeca Hwang, Elizabeth Samara-Rubio (YouNoodle, StorWatts) | StorWatts Founder and CEO Elizabeth Samara-Rubio shares an experience from childhood that forever altered her understanding of what it means to work with limited resources. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 25 | VideoSmall Acts and Big Impacts [Entire Talk] - Rebeca Hwang, Elizabeth Samara-Rubio (YouNoodle, StorWatts) | This special lecture offers insights from two leaders creating impact through entrepreneurship. Founder Elizabeth Samara-Rubio explains how her company, StorWatts, aims to provide distributed energy storage to millions around the world, while YouNoodle entrepreneur Rebeca Hwang tells stories of her early field experiences which formed her passion for social entrepreneurship. | 5/4/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 26 | VideoLearn More by Starting at the Bottom - Gale Anne Hurd (Valhalla Entertainment) | Acclaimed film and television producer Gale Anne Hurd tells the story of leaving a role in marketing to take an entry-level position on a film set. It was hard to watch peers in other industries succeeding during this period, says Hurd, but she values the decision she made to accept the challenge of starting over, making herself indispensible on set and earning the respect of her colleagues. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 27 | VideoReady for the Big Question? - Gale Anne Hurd (Valhalla Entertainment) | No matter what industry you choose to enter, are you ready to answer the big question: What do you ultimately want to do in this business? Acclaimed film and television producer Gale Anne Hurd relates being surprised by this question during her first interview with legendary filmmaker Roger Corman. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 28 | VideoPulling Through Challenging Roles - Gale Anne Hurd (Valhalla Entertainment) | Gale Anne Hurd discusses the challenges of taking on an important role early in her film career. Working as the one-person marketing department for legendary filmmaker Roger Corman, Hurd made many personal sacrifices while gaining valuable experience that led to her next opportunity. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 29 | VideoPartners and Mentors Play a Role in Success - Gale Anne Hurd (Valhalla Entertainment) | Film and television producer Gale Anne Hurd shares how partners and mentors played a critical role in the making of her first film, The Terminator, with director Jim Cameron. Hurd also offers some secrets to building a successful career. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| 30 | VideoProducing a Career from the Ground Up [Entire Talk] - Gale Anne Hurd (Valhalla Entertainment) | Acclaimed film and television producer Gale Anne Hurd knows what it takes to build a career from scratch in a tough industry. Hurd describes her path from entry-level roles in the entertainment industry to becoming a leader in the Hollywood community, based on taking chances, making yourself indispensable and staying committed to what you love. | 4/18/12 | Free | View In iTunes |
| Total: 30 Episodes |
Customer Reviews
No Longer Works on iPhone
This was an excellent video podcast with many short and insightful presentations from some of the world's top entrepreneurs. Unfortunately they've started feeding hour long plus videos that are not compatible with the iPhone. I only have time to watch these while I'm working out so I need to watch it on a portable device. iPhone compatibility is essential for me.
Doesn't work on iPhone please fix
Doesn't work on iPhone please fix
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